Re: Update on Ada packages in Debian GNU/Linux

[Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@acm.org>]

Michael Bode <m.g.bode@web.de> writes:

> Pascal Obry <p.obry@wanadoo.fr> writes:
> 
> > You can use GPS instead.
> 
> I'm happy with Emacs, so I'm not exactly searching for a new IDE. I
> think I'll try to compile gvd with Gtkada 2.2. 

Hmm. If you are happy with Emacs, and not looking for another IDE, why
do you need gvd? I use gdb from within Emacs, and never felt I needed
anything else.

I never actually used gvd, but you can view GPS as just a repackaged
gvd, with some code editing/compiling features thrown in. That's why
gvd is no longer supported.

I have toyed with running gdb under GPS, and it works nicely. One
feature it has that Emacs doesn't have; hold the mouse cursor over a
variable name in the source, and a tip window pops up with the current
value. Cute, but not really worth leaving the One True Editor :).

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